American Communication Journal

A publication of the American Communication Association

Current Issue:
DETERMINING PLACE AND SHAPING CHANGE

When approaching this edition I am reminded of Winston Churchill’s famous statement posed to the people considering whether to rebuild the bombed House of Commons, “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us ... (Editor's Note)

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Latest Articles

Texas Vernacular Rock House Structure: Defining “Home” through Rhetorical Depiction: Mary Evelyn Collins
The Internet as a Place for Community Action: Results from the Promise Tahoe Website Trial: Michael Edward Lenert and Melissa Voigtmann
A Content Analysis of the Treatment of Informative and Reinforcing Feedback in Contemporary Communication Theory Textbooks: James L. Owen & Julie E. Dudley

A Case “for” and “of” Critical Pedagogy: Meeting the Challenge of Liberatory Education at Gallaudet University: Patricia C. Foley
Diffusion of the Concept that “the Internet is Good” via Television: How “CNET Tech Briefs” helped Shape American Views about the Internet: Philip J. Auter
An Alternative Construction of Identity: A Study of Place-based Identity and its Implications: Robyn C. Walker

Past Issues

Establishing Identities: Volume 9, Issue 3
Digital Humanity: Volume 9, Issue 2
Narrative in Times of Crisis: Volume 9, Issue 1